three other americans were killed back on september 11th in an attack on the american consulate in benghazi. and nasa's mars rover has touched its first martian rock. the rover spent the past several days investigating the stone before making contact with it. it's currently making its longest drive on the planet to date. those are the news headlines on fox business network. i'm juliet huddy. to dagen and connell. i don't know why i find that funny. connell: i don't know either. dagen: china looking to put an end to the united states domination of the western pacific by expanding its navy presence, forcing the u.s. to send a significant number of troops to the region in response. connell: fox news adam housely is with us now in san diego with the latest on that. adam? >> yeah, connell and dagen it's one of those stories that's kind of flown under the radar a bit because so much is going on in middle east and on going operations in afghanistan but it is extremely important in the pacific because china is doing what it can to really increase its reach if you will because they are going for mor